NBA.com
"A few seasons ago, the Dallas Mavericks poached a former All-Star big man from a team in Los Angeles with hopes he could thrive playing alongside Dirk Nowitzki. The Mavs’ marriage with ex-Clippers center Chris Kaman didn’t go well at all, but it seems that the Mavs are perhaps interested in taking..."
June 24

CSN Washington
"Forgive Nene if he sounds like he's quoting lines from Jerry Maguire. He can't help it when talking about Marcin Gortat, who he excelled with in the low post in their first season together with the Wizards.
Nene hopes it wasn't the last. Gortat, an unrestricted free agent, sounds like he wants..."
May 27

CSN Washington
"This one needs context. Earlier this season, when Al Harrington still was out from surgery to his right knee, the 16-year veteran observed that the Wizards' greatest weakness was between the ears. Marcin Gortat headed down a similar path after Wednesday's loss, the sixth in nine games, to the..."
March 27

Pro Basketball Talk
"Washington Wizards center Marcin Gortat, in a Q&A with Kyle Weidie at TrueHoop, was asked which NBA rules he’d change:
I would say I would loosen up a little bit the rules about the fighting fines. That’s what I would loosen up. Because today you go to an ice hockey game, and the one thing..."
March 11

CSN Washington
"Marcin Gortat wants a sitdown with his coach after turning in another sub-par performance for the Wizards, who lost their fourth game in a row Saturday vs. the Los Angeles Clippers.
Gortat, a 6-11 center, was the only starter not in double figures scoring, shooting just 3-for-10 for six points..."
December 15

Washington Post
"Marcin Gortat let it slip so nonchalantly, then grinned sheepishly when he saw the stunned reaction of those around him. While discussing the Wizards’ rapid climb from the bottom to the third-best record in the Eastern Conference after Monday’s 98-80 victory over the Orlando Magic, Gortat wanted..."
December 05

Washington Post
"The Washington Wizards looked unfocused and out of sync and repeatedly flirted with disaster Wednesday night with their careless passes and defensive lapses.
The only saving grace was that they were playing the lowly Milwaukee Bucks, a struggling team that showed up at Bradley Center on a..."
November 28

Washington Post
"Brooklyn Nets point guard Deron Williams planned to drive the baseline and sneak past the Washington Wizards’ defense for a quick layup, but his path was cut off by Nene. When Williams elevated the ball just out of Nene’s long reach, center Marcin Gortat came behind Nene to block the..."
November 10

Washington Post
"A day after acquiring Marcin Gortat in a trade with the Phoenix Suns, Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld and Coach Randy Wittman were more confident about their organization’s playoff aspirations. But the most exuberant response might have come from one Wizards veteran.
“We have true..."
October 27

SB Nation
"The teams will swap centers and other assets in a trade that lands Phoenix a protected first-round pick in next year's draft.
The Phoenix Suns and Washington Wizards have completed a trade that will send Marcin Gortat, Shannon Brown, Kendall Marshall and Malcolm Lee to Washington in exchange..."
October 25

Fox Sports Arizona
"As the player assigned by many the rank of most likely NBA player to be traded Marcin Gortat arrived for training camp with a pragmatic and admirable approach to this season.
"Now I've got three young stars coming to the practice to try to beat me up" the Polish Hammer Machine told reporters at..."
October 05

Bright Side Of The Sun
"Conventional wisdom says that the Phoenix Suns are gearing up for the summer or 2014 or 2015 to charge back into the league's elite. But all that could be derailed if they keep free agents Marcin Gortat and Eric Bledsoe.
This summer the Phoenix Suns did not sign any free agents. Not one. For..."
September 13

Fox Sports Arizona
"After a three-week U.S. rehab visit Suns center Marcin Gortat seems pretty intent on leading Poland to some level of glory at the upcoming Eurobasket Tournament in Slovenia.
In a story posted on Eurobasket2013.org the “Polish (Quote) Machine” was -- as usual -- splendidly candid on the topics..."
August 24

CBSSports.com
"Two weeks ago we told you how Suns center Marcin Gortat had returned to the United States from playing with the Polish national team for tests on his foot. Now FIBA.com reports that he'll rejoin the Polish team over the weekend.
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August 15

Pro Basketball Talk
"The Polish Hammer Marcin Gortat was in Poland (appropriately enough) preparing with his national team for the upcoming EuroBasket tournament.
Except now he’s back in the United States getting a foot problem looked at according the FIBA’s EuroBasket Web site.
Remember that Gortat sprained his..."
August 05

Arizona Republic
"Suns center Marcin Gortat would like a chance to suit up, enter a game and say goodbye to fans … for this season, not forever.
Gortat has a remaining contract year for $7.8 million, although there is no guarantee that next season’s highest-paid Suns player will return.
There was great..."
April 06

Bright Side Of The Sun
"Marcin Gortat came down on a Raptor ankle the ground late in the first quarter and exited the game. He had a strong eight point, four rebound performance going through 11 minutes and thanks to some nifty pick and roll play, finished with an impressive 4-6 shooting result in what's otherwise been..."
March 07

Arizona Republic
"The Suns have announced that Marcin Gortat will miss 3-4 weeks with a Lisfranc (midfoot) sprain in his right foot.
Gortat was injured late in the first quarter against Toronto on Wednesday.
Gortat has played in 182 consecutive games since being acquired by the Suns on Dec. 18, 2010. He is..."
March 07

Fox Sports Arizona
"In Wednesday night's episode of How The Lottery Picks Turn, some disorder was restored by the Phoenix Suns.
Riding a draft-diminishing wave of a three-game winning streak, the Suns parlayed four days of practice into a demonstration of how to hold a team under 100 points and still lose by..."
March 07

Arizona Republic
"Much of the Suns’ trade talk seems to have simmered down as the Thursday 1 p.m. deadline nears, but there is one more possibility.
ESPN.com reported New York’s interest in Jermaine O’Neal and Toronto’s interest in Sebastian Telfair while another source said there was All-Star break talk of..."
February 20

Bright Side Of The Sun
"Nothing more has been made of this rumor, so it may have already died on the vine.
I know that the Phoenix Suns are extremely averse to letting rumors fly of actual, live trade talk, so this may be no more than a one-way pipe dream. Yet this rumor appears heavily in favor of the Suns, despite..."
February 20

Bright Side Of The Sun
"On the surface, this appears to be the start of irreconcilable differences where yet another Suns star gets walked out of town when his deal expires.
First it was Joe Johnson, then Amare Stoudemire and finally Steve Nash. And those were just the guys who weren't traded for lesser talent before..."
November 27

Pro Basketball Talk
"Not a lot of people noticed outside the Valley of the Sun, but Marcin Gortat was playing at a near All-Star level when paired with Steve Nash last season, as the big in a lot of his pick-and-rolls.
This season it is not the same in Phoenix. Nash is in Los Angeles and the Suns are 4-7 and..."
November 19

Arizona Republic
"Suns center Marcin Gortat prefers the nickname the "Polish Machine," given to him by his Polish coaches as a youth even though most fans here know him as the "Polish Hammer."
Even the "Machine" would acknowledge that he needs a little more "Hammer" in his game.
The byproduct of showing a..."
April 20

Arizona Republic
"Suns center Marcin Gortat was giving credit to how the Orlando Magic prepared him to develop further in Phoenix and said he hoped to dunk in his first trip back Orlando to pay homage to the coach who treated him like a son.
"I'm going to yell actually, 'Brendan Malone created that monster,' "..."
March 22

Arizona Republic
"An eight-point, four-rebound game used to be a fine night for Marcin Gortat.
Playing beyond everyone's expectations was the fun part for Gortat. Now the grind of living up to expectations becomes the job.
The Suns center won't relax his expectations, which go beyond how far he has come in 15..."
March 14

Arizona Republic
"Suns center Marcin Gortat's All-Star stage came Friday and Sunday nights.
Gortat will be back in Orlando during the All-Star break only because he still has a home there from his playing days. Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum will be the Western Conference's starting center there, turning..."
February 21

Arizona Republic
"Not even two years ago, the Suns were in the AT&T Center on a Sunday enjoying one of the franchise's all-time favorite moments -- a playoff sweep of the San Antonio Spurs.
This is another season, another Sunday, another team and another kind of four-game run. With the four remaining Suns from..."
January 16